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i mentioned the harry potter phenomenon. 500 million copies of harry potter books have been sold. >> but they all read harry potter and bless her for writing them and getting some people interested but i'm worried more about the teaching. >> you get degrees in harry potter studies rest of us work, at the end of the day it is up to the readers. we are trying to create books that are sufficiently interesting and well done and well edited. one thing i want to the say to the gentleman who asked about making a point in a book. if anyone wants to write a book it is very simple. tell them what you're going to tell them first, then tell them and tell them what you told them and go home. >> answering one of my questions, that leaves me to make a comment. i'm a bookie and i read a lot. and support my local community bookstore. and it used to be a sermon burden jordan did on we have been here before. if you have not published it, it is excellent. it may not make a book but it is one of the most inspirational things, and chapel. for me as a double graduate of the university. and african-american
i mentioned the harry potter phenomenon. 500 million copies of harry potter books have been sold. >> but they all read harry potter and bless her for writing them and getting some people interested but i'm worried more about the teaching. >> you get degrees in harry potter studies rest of us work, at the end of the day it is up to the readers. we are trying to create books that are sufficiently interesting and well done and well edited. one thing i want to the say to the gentleman...
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growing up i would get so many books from nls, harry potter books. i got those from the library of congress. the library of congress braille and talking book program is one of the few programs in the country where blind people can get physical hardcover braille books. books i could actually hold and feel. this is precious and rare, but it is really, really hard for blind people to get our hands on braille books. so for most of my life when i got a physical braille book, it was through the library of congress. we also have computer braille, refreshable braille such as on devices like this. and when a digital book is compatible with screen reader, blind people can read it on their braille computer. we also can access braille books digitally. we do need to increase access to braille computers. they are expensive. there are some programs, government programs and nonprofits that provide braille computers to blind individuals. but it's really difficult to get access to them. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> weeknights this week we feature booktv programs as as a preview of
growing up i would get so many books from nls, harry potter books. i got those from the library of congress. the library of congress braille and talking book program is one of the few programs in the country where blind people can get physical hardcover braille books. books i could actually hold and feel. this is precious and rare, but it is really, really hard for blind people to get our hands on braille books. so for most of my life when i got a physical braille book, it was through the...
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c-span: did you print a lot of harry potter books? >> guest: we did a lot of the harry potter here and basically that was a big seller obviously and then went out to do or volumes in addition. >> was a bigger than "50 shades of gray"? >> it was quite different. it is a hardcover. definitely a bigger undertaking. i think "50 shades of gray" in one block of time for one season was probably one of the biggest there ever has been. c-span: how many employees you have? >> guest: told about 640. variable graphics, coral graphics and dynamic graphic finishing. >> host: how far is it from washington? >> guest: we are about an hour and a half from washington d.c. we go back in the 50s and 60s when the manufacturing side. they always be the farmers that people that have a cannibal aptitude and draw them into the fact areas which was kind of the mind that. c-span: mark bone general manager at very those graphics. thank you. >> booktv continues now with dr. paul offit, at the children's hospital of philadelphia talks about the dangers of faith hea
c-span: did you print a lot of harry potter books? >> guest: we did a lot of the harry potter here and basically that was a big seller obviously and then went out to do or volumes in addition. >> was a bigger than "50 shades of gray"? >> it was quite different. it is a hardcover. definitely a bigger undertaking. i think "50 shades of gray" in one block of time for one season was probably one of the biggest there ever has been. c-span: how many employees you...
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potter and originating all the harry potter books. but we started a u.s. business in 1998, so we're in our 17th year now. >> host: and what kind of books do you look for? >> guest: we publish mostly nonfiction in the states. we do publish some fiction, but mostly nonfiction. a lot of history, current events, popular science, a little bit of sports and some, and a good number of food-related books. >> host: all right. so what are some of the big books that you have coming out this fall or middle books or small books. >> guest: right, right. well, right now we're this week, actually, publishing a book by the eminent historian john furling called whirlwind, and it's the first full scale one-volume history of the american revolution in 34 years. amazingly enough, there has not been one since 1982. and this is a full history of the american revolution. brilliant book by an eminent historian could whirl wind. and as i said, it's being published this week. this fall we're publishing a remarkable book called a guest at the shooter's ban quest
potter and originating all the harry potter books. but we started a u.s. business in 1998, so we're in our 17th year now. >> host: and what kind of books do you look for? >> guest: we publish mostly nonfiction in the states. we do publish some fiction, but mostly nonfiction. a lot of history, current events, popular science, a little bit of sports and some, and a good number of food-related books. >> host: all right. so what are some of the big books that you have coming out...
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i was really excited about narcotics because it feels like harry potter we will do color test and a tiny bit and then they will turn colors is it methamphetamine or marijuana and that's just a clue to what it might be and then they also do micro- crystallography looking through a microscope if it has a particular substrate and then they slide it under the microscope and those crystals have a characteristic shape that will tell them what is this particular drug. all sorts of different labels that they use so when they do two different tests of the sample two different chemical makeups it is very tactile you know it and you see the color. >> so there are interesting words to describe all of these. on the one hand you say the craft element of the narcotic the firearms are a subjective with all the years of training to see the different bullets and guns with the dna testing is a high statistical analysis so on the inside do these groups work together? are they separate or a power dynamic between them? they seem like very different kinds of jobs. >> actually they don't work together at all. t
i was really excited about narcotics because it feels like harry potter we will do color test and a tiny bit and then they will turn colors is it methamphetamine or marijuana and that's just a clue to what it might be and then they also do micro- crystallography looking through a microscope if it has a particular substrate and then they slide it under the microscope and those crystals have a characteristic shape that will tell them what is this particular drug. all sorts of different labels...
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it feels sort of harry potter is. it's not like we're going to do color tests. and were going to put a tiny bit of the drug into each of these different kinds of solutions and turn colors depending on whether it's an opioid, is it meant a lot. and then that's just a kind of a clue what it might be. then they do micro crystallography so there are also the microscope, they prepare slides with a particular substrate on it and then they put a little bit in there. put the slide under the microscope and it's developed a crystal. so those crystals have a counter characteristic shape that will tell them what is this particular drunk so have names for all the sheets which is kind of interesting. it's like 3-d jacks and rabbit ears. and you know, crosses, there'salso the different labels . so when they do two different tests, for each of the samples so that they have 10 different chemical makeups. then they do two double checks. it's very tactile and there like looking at it.your smelling it, you're kind of seeing the colors. >> there are interesting words for this. on th
it feels sort of harry potter is. it's not like we're going to do color tests. and were going to put a tiny bit of the drug into each of these different kinds of solutions and turn colors depending on whether it's an opioid, is it meant a lot. and then that's just a kind of a clue what it might be. then they do micro crystallography so there are also the microscope, they prepare slides with a particular substrate on it and then they put a little bit in there. put the slide under the microscope...
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i was really excited about narcotics because it feels sort of harry potter issue. were going to do colored tests and we are going to put a tiny bit of a drug into these different kind and they are going to turn colors depending on if it's an opioid, is it meth amphetamine, is it marijuana. that is just kind of a clue to what it might be. and they do it's called micro- crystallography. they are looking through a microscope. they prepare a slide with the particular substrate on it. and they drop a little bit in there, the slight under the microscope and it develops a crystal. those crystals have a counter stick shape that will tell them what is this particular drug. they have names for all their shapes which is interesting. it's like 3d jacks and crosses and it's all with a different label. then they due to different tests for each of the samples so they have two different chemical makeups. then they double check. it is very tactile. you're looking at it, you're smelling it, you are seeing the color. >> he have interesting words for describing all these. on one hand
i was really excited about narcotics because it feels sort of harry potter issue. were going to do colored tests and we are going to put a tiny bit of a drug into these different kind and they are going to turn colors depending on if it's an opioid, is it meth amphetamine, is it marijuana. that is just kind of a clue to what it might be. and they do it's called micro- crystallography. they are looking through a microscope. they prepare a slide with the particular substrate on it. and they drop...
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like harry potter characters. corporation people are very different. last year did you notice obama had passed the emergency bill with armor for our boys in iraq and afghanistan? who is against bar at -- body armor for our soldiers? there is no member of congress who would vote against body armor for the soldiers in four nuclear plants. in the foot notes wrapped in the body armor come $8 billion of loan guarantees for, of four reactors down payment of the $56 billion program stuck in the body armor. cool. i was quite impressed. i smelled houston. i knew. sure enough there is a shift shape corporation back and forth. that is a lot of construction work. of four plants will be built of the company which is the new name of stoner webster nuclear. they are already busy and have been given a contract to rebuild fish -- fukushima i kid you not. of the radioactive brick from texas. i don't know who sent it because i burned to the avello before i could read the return address. all i know there is a document that says said nick did in, but as trade secrets or co
like harry potter characters. corporation people are very different. last year did you notice obama had passed the emergency bill with armor for our boys in iraq and afghanistan? who is against bar at -- body armor for our soldiers? there is no member of congress who would vote against body armor for the soldiers in four nuclear plants. in the foot notes wrapped in the body armor come $8 billion of loan guarantees for, of four reactors down payment of the $56 billion program stuck in the body...
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were you surprised the past 24 months or so-- he he he's voldemor-- you've got to read harry potter to your kids. >> with baker, it's grandkids. the solutions that you draw on and united states and 12 resolutions during the gulf war, in extraordinary coalition, madrid, itself, the peace conference, those institutions were pretty effective through this man's presidency. >> right. >> and now, really, and i'm not just being clever, over the last two years, we've begun to fear the breakdown of those institutions. did you see that coming in. >> no, i did not see that coming and i tend to agree with you. i certainly agree with you and i know that president obama would agree with this that american leadership in the world is absolutely imperative. nobody -- no other country can do it. everybody expects us to lead. [applause] >> everybody expects us to lead and we won the cold war because every president from harry truman through george w. bush was steadfast, whether they were democrats or republicans. we won the cold war because we had alliances that leveraged our power and that we could rely
were you surprised the past 24 months or so-- he he he's voldemor-- you've got to read harry potter to your kids. >> with baker, it's grandkids. the solutions that you draw on and united states and 12 resolutions during the gulf war, in extraordinary coalition, madrid, itself, the peace conference, those institutions were pretty effective through this man's presidency. >> right. >> and now, really, and i'm not just being clever, over the last two years, we've begun to fear the...
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are you harry potter fans cracks he described it that it really felt like something i needed to do i was not intending on writing this book. but for me, it felt like a necessary action, something that i could do that only a few of us are trained to do, but it literally has made me sick it is a horrific history. and if you read the book there is some hope that the most appropriate ending is to drop the microphone and leave the room. [laughter] and just devolve because i am this book and i have some ideas about what we can do. but i am not as hopeful i'm certainly not as hopeful as i would like to be or have been in the past. i think there is time for a few questions. i would be happy to hear your ideas. >> my mother's people came to america from italy. and the only way that anyone under the age of 15 in the future can have any idea what's going on, we have to change the curriculum of gradeschool in this country. it has to happen. the children are more eye open to ideas now than they were before and not just open to the idea of climate change but do you see any movement in our national
are you harry potter fans cracks he described it that it really felt like something i needed to do i was not intending on writing this book. but for me, it felt like a necessary action, something that i could do that only a few of us are trained to do, but it literally has made me sick it is a horrific history. and if you read the book there is some hope that the most appropriate ending is to drop the microphone and leave the room. [laughter] and just devolve because i am this book and i have...
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bloomsbury, as a company, was founded in 1986, and after the publication of the first harry potter novel, they opened a business in the united states, and i'm the publisher of the adult division here. >> host: what kind of books do you publish? >> guest: we publish about 110 books a year, largely nonfiction. we do, i'd say, 20% of the list is fiction, but a lot of history and politics and current events and food-related books, popular science, those are the core areas that we publish and some memoir as well. >> host: well, we want to catch up with you here at the publishing convention to talk about some of the books that are coming out this fall, and you've got one coming up on lyndon johnson. >> guest: we do. it's called faustian bargains, and it's really the story of the dark side of lyndon johnson. lbj accomplished an enormous amount as president, but he had a very dark side. and story is told through the lens of a man completely unknown to history named mac wallace who only interacted with lyndon johnon son a couple of -- johnson on a couple of occasions. but the deals he made with c
bloomsbury, as a company, was founded in 1986, and after the publication of the first harry potter novel, they opened a business in the united states, and i'm the publisher of the adult division here. >> host: what kind of books do you publish? >> guest: we publish about 110 books a year, largely nonfiction. we do, i'd say, 20% of the list is fiction, but a lot of history and politics and current events and food-related books, popular science, those are the core areas that we...
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[inaudible] only a few years ago, the declaration denouncing the entire harry potter industry, the product of diabolism and abuse of impressionable minds. clerics of all faiths simply cannot bear the rapture of reality, never mind that all faiths are founded on that very exercise of imaginative projection. mind you, the position of the vatican could be put down to mere professional jealousy. [laughter] and i do not mean simply in the business of appropriating realms beyond the real. no, talking now material, you know, things. speaking of comparative earning powers. religious, religious stocks have been falling of late. imagine how much the roman catholic church has had to shell out in composition for sexual abuses of youth by its own priests. -- [inaudible] abused of their minds -- abuse of their minds continues to rake in the millions, but who knows? there the vatican would probably find support among us writers. no writer has the right to make that much money. [laughter] indeed, without diabolical assistance, no writer can. [laughter] so well -- [inaudible] watch me race to strike that m
[inaudible] only a few years ago, the declaration denouncing the entire harry potter industry, the product of diabolism and abuse of impressionable minds. clerics of all faiths simply cannot bear the rapture of reality, never mind that all faiths are founded on that very exercise of imaginative projection. mind you, the position of the vatican could be put down to mere professional jealousy. [laughter] and i do not mean simply in the business of appropriating realms beyond the real. no, talking...
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this is and hogwarts and president obama is not harry potter. calling it islamic terrorism doesn't make it go away. the president's argument is isis sees itself as representation of all muslims which is absurd and by calling them islamic terrorists we are just feeding that isis narrative. that is a pretty good argument. however, isis is muslim for the simple fact they call themselves muslim but just because isis is muslim doesn't mean islam is isis. that is where we get tripped up. to say that these actions which are so beyond the pale of anything that could conceivably be called normative islam, that they have anything to do with representing the ideas, views, actions, thoughts of the world's 1.6 billion muslims is ridiculous. >> host: you are speaking at the la times festival of books but your wife is also speaking. >> guest: that is right, the world's first micro lending platform, go and check it out, $25 to africa, 98.5% payback rate, almost $1 billion, $25 increments, fastest growing nonprofit in the world. >> host: she has written a book a
this is and hogwarts and president obama is not harry potter. calling it islamic terrorism doesn't make it go away. the president's argument is isis sees itself as representation of all muslims which is absurd and by calling them islamic terrorists we are just feeding that isis narrative. that is a pretty good argument. however, isis is muslim for the simple fact they call themselves muslim but just because isis is muslim doesn't mean islam is isis. that is where we get tripped up. to say that...
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. >> harry potter? >> harry potter is for kids, you know? and it's an adventure story and it's a good one. i mean, i myself -- i've been talking about grown up books, but it seems to be fantasy is a way -- that's one of the ways of approaching the truth. you know, the nonnaturalisic way of writing. and to use an example from another form, if you think about painting, if you go in the museum of modern art in new york and have a look at vincent van gogh's painting of the starry night we can agree it's a great painting but it doesn't look like anything like a starry night. if you look up at the sky on a clear night it doesn't look like that painting and yet it's a great painting for starry night 'cause it tells you something of the emotion and the force and the passion that can be engendered by looking at such a sky. and i guess that's the difference between photograph and that and an expressionist painting is sort of what i'm saying about the difference between naturalistic writing and writing which breaks those rules in order to make a point,
. >> harry potter? >> harry potter is for kids, you know? and it's an adventure story and it's a good one. i mean, i myself -- i've been talking about grown up books, but it seems to be fantasy is a way -- that's one of the ways of approaching the truth. you know, the nonnaturalisic way of writing. and to use an example from another form, if you think about painting, if you go in the museum of modern art in new york and have a look at vincent van gogh's painting of the starry night...
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potter because of the magic. but it's a little different when you start hitting home to things that you agree with. and, you know, i think that that's important to pay attention to, and it's also, it's a little different depending on the context. for example, in a library we believe that a lot of things should be available. it's not because we're pushing them or because we have an agenda, it's because we buy books based -- a public library buys books based on the population it serves. and just a quick thing to go through, usually a big library, any good library should have a selection policy which says why you buy what you buy, because we don't ever -- nobody ever has enough money to buy everything. but then if a book is challenged, it's not one person who's buying the books, and it's not one person defending the books. you have a statement that you turn to that says this is why we have, say, gay and lesbian books, because we have a gay and lesbian population that gives us tax money. and if you don't like this bo
potter because of the magic. but it's a little different when you start hitting home to things that you agree with. and, you know, i think that that's important to pay attention to, and it's also, it's a little different depending on the context. for example, in a library we believe that a lot of things should be available. it's not because we're pushing them or because we have an agenda, it's because we buy books based -- a public library buys books based on the population it serves. and just...
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. >> host: out of the 5 billion sales comparison of the harry potter books clicks >> guest: it's close, but not quite as close. i mean, i don't remember -- i think the last couple harry potters were maybe seven, 8 million, something like that in the short run. could be more. so would be kid is not quite up there with harry potter or twilight even, but it's a huge, huge undergoing. >> host: a couple more nonfiction books that came out in 2010. near rosen's aftermath, following the bloodshed of america's wars in the muslim world. and also, bloody cry: chase for jefferson davis and the death pageant for lincoln's corpse. this is james swanson's latest book on the civil war. and abraham lincoln was interviewed by edna medford cream of howard university for our "after words" program. don, humana, arizona. good evening. >> caller: my question is regarding the e-books. >> host: please go ahead, sir. >> caller: i have a nook and i was wondering if they ever thought about bundling -- if you bought the e-book, the electronic portion and if you could buy the whole book together as a bundle. >> ho
. >> host: out of the 5 billion sales comparison of the harry potter books clicks >> guest: it's close, but not quite as close. i mean, i don't remember -- i think the last couple harry potters were maybe seven, 8 million, something like that in the short run. could be more. so would be kid is not quite up there with harry potter or twilight even, but it's a huge, huge undergoing. >> host: a couple more nonfiction books that came out in 2010. near rosen's aftermath, following...
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potter and the deathly hallows part one and two with a bathroom break in between all of the savings of the painstaking negotiated plan would have been borrowed back. 7 billion or 1 billion. who cares who's right. that is the choice between dead or deader. the white house really enforceable cut of one to $7 billion. let me give you some numbers that are rather more relevant. within a decade, the united states would be spending more of the federal budget on its interest payments than on its military. that is to save more on the debt service than on the armed services and according to the cbo's long-term budget outlook by 2020 the government will be paying between 15 to 20% of its revenue and defense spending will be down between 14 to 16. so america just to get this in perspective, america is responsible for 33% of the world's military expenditures. within a decade america would be spending more on debt interest and this is not paying of the principal this is like when you get your mastercard at the end of the month you can't pay off any of the debt all you can do is stay current with
potter and the deathly hallows part one and two with a bathroom break in between all of the savings of the painstaking negotiated plan would have been borrowed back. 7 billion or 1 billion. who cares who's right. that is the choice between dead or deader. the white house really enforceable cut of one to $7 billion. let me give you some numbers that are rather more relevant. within a decade, the united states would be spending more of the federal budget on its interest payments than on its...
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potter and the deathly hallows, parts one and two with a bathroom break in between, all the savings that was painstakingly negotiated plan will have been borrowed back. 7 billion or 1 billion? who cares who's right? that's a choice between dead or better. amount of shuffling back and forth between the capitol and the right horse, at the white house for a quote real enforceable cut of one to $7 billion, let me give you some numbers that are rather more relevant. within a decade the united states will be spending more of the federal budget on its interest payments than on its military. that's to say more on debt service than on the armed services. according to the cbo's long-term budget outlook, by 2020 the government will be paying between 50, 20% of its revenue and debt interest and defense spending will be down between 14 and 16%. so america, just to get this in perspective, america is responsible for about 43% of the world military expenditures. within a decade america will be spending more on debt interest, and this is not paying off the principal. this is like when you get your
potter and the deathly hallows, parts one and two with a bathroom break in between, all the savings that was painstakingly negotiated plan will have been borrowed back. 7 billion or 1 billion? who cares who's right? that's a choice between dead or better. amount of shuffling back and forth between the capitol and the right horse, at the white house for a quote real enforceable cut of one to $7 billion, let me give you some numbers that are rather more relevant. within a decade the united states...
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potter in the u.k. so i thinthey took that opportunity and establish a foothold here. in a very small way 10 years ago, and now it has grown considerably. and george gibson who is the publisher of walker can talk about the various, how it is expanded in those deniers and all the different divisionshat it now encompasses. >> also joining us, peter ginna from bloomsbury press people is a difference between bloomsbury press and bloomsbury u.s.a.? >> bloomsbury press is a small imprint that is devoted entirely to serious nonfiction. we get a lot of history, politics, biography,urrent events, economics, science and that kind of thing. so it's much less general and more focused which is general audience, general last. >> what you have coming out this fall you are excited about? >> one books i'm excited about is this one called "half moon." henry hudson and avoid redo the map of the new world. this september ia 400 anniversary of hudson's discovery of the river that bears his name and his exploration of new yo
potter in the u.k. so i thinthey took that opportunity and establish a foothold here. in a very small way 10 years ago, and now it has grown considerably. and george gibson who is the publisher of walker can talk about the various, how it is expanded in those deniers and all the different divisionshat it now encompasses. >> also joining us, peter ginna from bloomsbury press people is a difference between bloomsbury press and bloomsbury u.s.a.? >> bloomsbury press is a small imprint...
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he's voldemort and that harry potter books . he who shall not be named. nikki haley doesn't know who he is and she was in his cabinet. mike pence doesn't .say his name. i don't know what ron desantis is saying but is not the name of donald trump. you're not going to be in by closing your eyes, and your heels together three times saying no place like old. not only is work. in politics you want to be somebody you got to go get them in the case. what i'm saying tonight is making the case against donald trump. and that's the first test for republican primary voters, to decide who we're going to nominate and if we are willing to with that level of policy character failure then we're going to get what we deserve. i will wrap i'and get to your questions because what matters to me more is to hear what you think and what your questions are so i'll go over your questions and answer. hello. >> being oval in a certain age i'm a little bit concerned because social security provides an element of financial security. medicare provides an element of healthcare security f
he's voldemort and that harry potter books . he who shall not be named. nikki haley doesn't know who he is and she was in his cabinet. mike pence doesn't .say his name. i don't know what ron desantis is saying but is not the name of donald trump. you're not going to be in by closing your eyes, and your heels together three times saying no place like old. not only is work. in politics you want to be somebody you got to go get them in the case. what i'm saying tonight is making the case against...
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my husband described this book, maybe there are harry potter fans out there? [laughter] it really felt like something that i needed to do. i was not planning on writing this book. but for me, it felt like a necessary action, something i could do. something that only a few of us are trained to do but it really has literally made me sick, it is a horrific history. i said before, when i typically write the epilogue, i try to end on a hopeful note. there is some hope in the epilogue, to but there are many times when i felt like the most appropriate ending would be to simply just dropped the mic and leave the room. [laughter] it would devolve into, i am this book. i have some ideas about what we can do but i'm not as helpful. certainly not as helpful as i would like to be or have been in the past. that being said, i think there's time for our microphones and i would be happy to hear your ideas. >> i'm pessimistic about the future of this subject. my parents came from italy in. [sobbing] 1914. the only way anyone under the age of 15 in the future can have any idea w
my husband described this book, maybe there are harry potter fans out there? [laughter] it really felt like something that i needed to do. i was not planning on writing this book. but for me, it felt like a necessary action, something i could do. something that only a few of us are trained to do but it really has literally made me sick, it is a horrific history. i said before, when i typically write the epilogue, i try to end on a hopeful note. there is some hope in the epilogue, to but there...
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they were the publisher of harry potter and the u.k. so they took that opportunity and establishing a foothold here. ines walway ten years the go unnoticed grown considerably in george gibson who is the publisher can talk about the various, how this has expanded in those ten years and all the different divisions that it now encompasses. >> also joining us, peter ginna, what is the difference between bloomsbury press and bloombury usa? >> bloombury press is a small inprint that is devoted entirely to serious nonfiction. we have a lot of history, politics, biography, the current events, economics and finance an icon of things otis much less general and more focused than the bloombury list which is a general audience. >> would you have coming out this fall that you are excited about? >> this one called half moon. henry hudson redrew the map of the new world. this september's the 14th anniversary of hudson's discovery of the river that bears his name and his exploration of new york harbor and that was an adventure that really change the cou
they were the publisher of harry potter and the u.k. so they took that opportunity and establishing a foothold here. ines walway ten years the go unnoticed grown considerably in george gibson who is the publisher can talk about the various, how this has expanded in those ten years and all the different divisions that it now encompasses. >> also joining us, peter ginna, what is the difference between bloomsbury press and bloombury usa? >> bloombury press is a small inprint that is...
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no matter what koning offers here's a guy who calls the johnson series our harry potter. [laughter] .. >> until tonight everybody. so here is what is going to happen. conan and bob will check and then feel free to ask very, very brief questions, like one sentence. there are mics that will be in the aisle and "after words" bubble sign copies of working and one copy of another book of his. but to get the other books assigned you have to have a copy of working. if you have not purchased working already, i don't know why you haven't, do it tonight. you know that he does not come to l.a. often for book signing and remember the last time he visited was in 2000 to 17 years ago so don't wait another 17 years. i know all of you want to get pictures of conan and bob together. but we want you to put yourself on the way and enjoy the program so when i bring these two great guys out i want you to stand up and take pictures for 30 seconds, you can take all the pictures you want and then you put your phone away. [applause] it is such a great pleasure to introduce bob caro and conan o'br
no matter what koning offers here's a guy who calls the johnson series our harry potter. [laughter] .. >> until tonight everybody. so here is what is going to happen. conan and bob will check and then feel free to ask very, very brief questions, like one sentence. there are mics that will be in the aisle and "after words" bubble sign copies of working and one copy of another book of his. but to get the other books assigned you have to have a copy of working. if you have not...
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potter fans, he described it as my horror crux that it really felt like something that i needed to do. i was not planning on writing this book, but for me it felt like a necessary, a necessary action, something that i could do, something that only a few of us are trained to do, but it really has literally made me sick. it's a horrific -- it's a horrific history and i said before when i typically write the epilogue, i try to end on a hopeful note. if you read the book, there's hope in the epilogue, too, but there are many times when i felt like that the most appropriate ending would be to simply just drop the mic and like leave the room. [laughter] >> or where the text would sort of deinvolve into, you know, just -- i am this book and i have some ideas what we can do, but i'm not-- i'm not as hopeful. i'm certainly not as hopeful as i would like to be or have been in the past, so that being said, i think there's time for a few questions and there are microphones up on the side, so i'd be really happy to hear your ideas. >> i'm normally negative, pessimistic about the future of this sub
potter fans, he described it as my horror crux that it really felt like something that i needed to do. i was not planning on writing this book, but for me it felt like a necessary, a necessary action, something that i could do, something that only a few of us are trained to do, but it really has literally made me sick. it's a horrific -- it's a horrific history and i said before when i typically write the epilogue, i try to end on a hopeful note. if you read the book, there's hope in the...
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with harry potter and everything else, you wonder why they still pick on it. it was banned in schools because it was being used by teachers who loved it, and they thought it was good for their students, and, number two, usually, it's just one family, one family read parts of the book and say, oh, this is outrageous. i don't like the language or i don't like the fact that it's about witchcraft, and then the community and students rise up and say, no, this is a valuable novel. it's about a lot of things, not just about language and witchcraft. the problem with banning any book is that once you ban one, you don't know where it will stop, and that road takes us back to totalitarian states, and i don't think we want that. there are ways of schools to prepare students for what they read and discussion, and even bringing parents in so that it's open and students can be challenged by reading all sorts of books because it is good, never ends, and we know what that leads to. >> next, we hear from dave dewit, the author of "growing medical marijuana" discusses current ef
with harry potter and everything else, you wonder why they still pick on it. it was banned in schools because it was being used by teachers who loved it, and they thought it was good for their students, and, number two, usually, it's just one family, one family read parts of the book and say, oh, this is outrageous. i don't like the language or i don't like the fact that it's about witchcraft, and then the community and students rise up and say, no, this is a valuable novel. it's about a lot of...
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i'm thinking of harry potter is in potter is in some of these this week the country. do they attract her attention? >> guest: usually not. that was the whole thing that grow with the dragon, i guess i read those. they were pretty good. i don't get caught up into that too much. i do get fixed and certain authors. a fellow named sebastian barry who is an irish author and he's written a series of books, seven or eight of them about his family. i get the biggest kick out of reading his books. they are good stories to begin with. they talk about im and in the 20th century and just the irish phrase i get the biggest kick out of reading not. a woman named fuller. she's really a special case. she wrote several memoirs but are not south africa in the southern part of africa and the two that i thought were excellent, one was going to the dogs tonight in the second one was cocktails under the tree of forgetfulness or something of that nature. she came from the most dysfunctional family. the political structure their. her father was a handyman and she grew up an egg drink a littl
i'm thinking of harry potter is in potter is in some of these this week the country. do they attract her attention? >> guest: usually not. that was the whole thing that grow with the dragon, i guess i read those. they were pretty good. i don't get caught up into that too much. i do get fixed and certain authors. a fellow named sebastian barry who is an irish author and he's written a series of books, seven or eight of them about his family. i get the biggest kick out of reading his books....
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and lord valdemort was called he who shall not be named in those harry potter stories. well, carbon pollution is the pollution which shall not be named. climate change, the harm that is caused by that pollution is the harm that shall not be named. the obstructionists want to squelch any discussion of the pollution which shall not be named. so as to let big polluters continue dumping carbon and other greenhouse gas into our oceans and atmosphere. take, for instance, the house select committee on energy independence and global warming created in 2007 as a forum for confronting the economic and security challenges of our dependence on foreign fuels. when republicans took controlf the house of reprentatives in 2011, they disbanded that committee. end of discussion. between may, 2011, and december, 2012, our colleagues in the house of representatives, henry waxman and bobby rush, who were the democratic ranking members of the subcommittee on energy and commerce and of the subcommittee on energy and power, wrote 21 letters, 21 letters to chairman fred upton and ed whitfield r
and lord valdemort was called he who shall not be named in those harry potter stories. well, carbon pollution is the pollution which shall not be named. climate change, the harm that is caused by that pollution is the harm that shall not be named. the obstructionists want to squelch any discussion of the pollution which shall not be named. so as to let big polluters continue dumping carbon and other greenhouse gas into our oceans and atmosphere. take, for instance, the house select committee on...
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as one mother put it it was like i do mentor from harry potter. when oxycontin got hard to get and was reformulated the pills got harder to get many of the kids were already addicted. also a group of women mainly of them trying to divert users. it's very difficult. it's about how this cavernous gap between treating people who had opioid use. criminalizing them in treating them like patients of the medical care. with heroin is like a farm town. lunch twice convicted drug dealer has landed. they told the story very simplified that he said turning about hand full of pill users almost overnight. my main character was a young woman i followed her story for two and half years. and she was a doctor's daughter. daughter of a hospital nurse. i just watched her fall through the cracks from the court system failing her. in the book course sort of ends with what happened to her. and to me it's very emblematic of where we are as a nation. still treating people as moral failures. not embracing what science says is the best treatment and hoping that people will
as one mother put it it was like i do mentor from harry potter. when oxycontin got hard to get and was reformulated the pills got harder to get many of the kids were already addicted. also a group of women mainly of them trying to divert users. it's very difficult. it's about how this cavernous gap between treating people who had opioid use. criminalizing them in treating them like patients of the medical care. with heroin is like a farm town. lunch twice convicted drug dealer has landed. they...
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potter and the deathly hallows parts one and two with a break in between, all the savings of this pain stakingly negotiated plan will have been borrowed back. $7 or $1 billion. who cares who's rights, it's the choice between dead or deader. the shuffling back and forth of the white house for a quote real inforcible cut of $1-$7 billion -- let me give relevant numbers. within a decade, the united states will be spending more of the federal budget on its interest payments for nonex-military. that's to say more on debt service than on on the armed services. by 2020, the government will be paying between 15%-20% of revenues in debt interest, and defense spending is down between 14%-16%. america, just to get this in perspective, america will be -- is responsible for about 43% of the world's military expenditures. within a decade, america will be spending more on debt interest, and this is not paying often the principle. this is right when you get your mastercard at the end of the b month, you can't pay the debt. all you do is stay current with the charge. our monthly interest charge will be
potter and the deathly hallows parts one and two with a break in between, all the savings of this pain stakingly negotiated plan will have been borrowed back. $7 or $1 billion. who cares who's rights, it's the choice between dead or deader. the shuffling back and forth of the white house for a quote real inforcible cut of $1-$7 billion -- let me give relevant numbers. within a decade, the united states will be spending more of the federal budget on its interest payments for nonex-military....
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it would be really nice if we had something like a dark mark from harry potter that told us when our networks were insecure, that all of our data would pop up on the screen. you are owned. the dark lord is coming. but we don't have any of this stuff. it's really hard to enforce our rights claims in cyberspace. this is where i think immanuel kant, is to the rescue. and we think about cyberspace and think about rights claims in enforcing our claims of justice and making sure that the state can protect us or different types of things const tells us a couple of things. when he says that the state needs to have a the monopoly on coercive force in order protect our rights. and to do this you have jurisdictions, you have borders and laws but in cyberspace we don't have the monopoly and jurisdiction is a problem. then he says when that's a problem what a problem what do you do? you go when you actually fight with other states and that is how you prosecute your rights when you don't have jurisdiction on claims that you need. okay you go to your army, you go to your navy and they help you enfo
it would be really nice if we had something like a dark mark from harry potter that told us when our networks were insecure, that all of our data would pop up on the screen. you are owned. the dark lord is coming. but we don't have any of this stuff. it's really hard to enforce our rights claims in cyberspace. this is where i think immanuel kant, is to the rescue. and we think about cyberspace and think about rights claims in enforcing our claims of justice and making sure that the state can...
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. >> host: out of the 5 billion sales comparison of the harry potter books clicks >> guest: it's close, but not quite as close. i mean, i don't remember -- i think the last couple harry potters were maybe seven, 8 million, something like that in the short run. could be more. so would be kid is not quite up there with harry potter or twilight even, but it's a huge, huge undergoing. >> host: a couple more nonfiction books that came out in 2010. near rosen's aftermath, following the bloodshed of america's wars in the muslim world. and also, bloody cry: chase for jefferson davis and the death pageant for lincoln's corpse. this is james swanson's latest book on the civil war. and abraham lincoln was interviewed by edna medford cream of howard university for our "after words" program. don, humana, arizona. good evening. >> caller: my question is regarding the e-books. >> host: please go ahead, sir. >> caller: i have a nook and i was wondering if they ever thought about bundling -- if you bought the e-book, the electronic portion and if you could buy the whole book together as a bundle. >> ho
. >> host: out of the 5 billion sales comparison of the harry potter books clicks >> guest: it's close, but not quite as close. i mean, i don't remember -- i think the last couple harry potters were maybe seven, 8 million, something like that in the short run. could be more. so would be kid is not quite up there with harry potter or twilight even, but it's a huge, huge undergoing. >> host: a couple more nonfiction books that came out in 2010. near rosen's aftermath, following...
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c-span: did you print a lot of the harry potter books? >> guest: we did the original harry potter here atteberryville graphics at berryville graphics and, basically, that was a very big seller, obviously. and it went on to do more volumes and editions. c-span: was it bigger than "50 shades of grey"? >> guest: well, it was quite different. it was a hard cover, so it was definitely a bigger undertaking. "50 shades," i think if you took all three books was probably in one block of time for one season was probably one of biggest there ever has been. c-span: how many employees do you have? >> guest: there's a total of about 600 employees in the building between the three companies. we have berryville graphics here, coral graphics and dynamic graphic finishing. c-span: and why is this company based in beforelyville, virginia, and how far is it from washington? >> guest: we're about an hour and a half from washington d.c. it's one of the, i think you go back in the '50s and '60s when these publishers had their own manufacturing sites they wanted
c-span: did you print a lot of the harry potter books? >> guest: we did the original harry potter here atteberryville graphics at berryville graphics and, basically, that was a very big seller, obviously. and it went on to do more volumes and editions. c-span: was it bigger than "50 shades of grey"? >> guest: well, it was quite different. it was a hard cover, so it was definitely a bigger undertaking. "50 shades," i think if you took all three books was probably...
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so, we know that in terms of pay inequity, baltimore -- hard harry potter fans in house. >> i'm a white house correspondent. i'm april ryan. have not said any of this names. i respect the office of the president. >> also known as he who should not be named. >> in terms of pay inequity, we have this whole thing about equal pay day. ironically our equal pay day, he changed a regulation that president obama put in place that required government contractors to open the books to really be able to demonstrate and show how they pay people by race and gender, because that's really how pay inequity thrives. i thrives in secrecy. what did he do? he got rid of that. and so that woman who is making 30,000 and those who are making more, now are going to suffer even more as a result of paying inequity. what is going on? i would say that what is going on is i think -- we can hear about this more. there's been a calibration of strategy, and i think the strategy has really now turned to elected more women to office. we have seen a record number of women who are undergoing candidate training and wore pre
so, we know that in terms of pay inequity, baltimore -- hard harry potter fans in house. >> i'm a white house correspondent. i'm april ryan. have not said any of this names. i respect the office of the president. >> also known as he who should not be named. >> in terms of pay inequity, we have this whole thing about equal pay day. ironically our equal pay day, he changed a regulation that president obama put in place that required government contractors to open the books to...
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potter or luke skywalker, these are stories we keep recycling and that's been a tremendous source of fascination to me. and i do see that sense of tedium going back to your first point, when i'm in school, and one of the things i've really enjoyed in the past few years is making many more school visits, particularly in the last year and a half i have been visiting some of the great schools around the country via skype. it's wonderful. i go into rural alabama or north dakota or pennsylvania, inner city brooklyn via the internet, and i'm able to talk to kids about what is on their minds, and what i find -- and the saddest thing i see is this tremendous excitement and enthusiasm, curiosity, for history, from so many of these kids, and really, really dedicated teachers trying to keep that curiosity alive, but we get so bogged down in the testing and the standardized testing, that we sometimes do tamp down or even kill that sense of curiosity. >> host: first call for kenneth davis from mill hall, pennsylvania, lawrence, you're on the air. go made. >> host: lawrence, you with us? and we're
potter or luke skywalker, these are stories we keep recycling and that's been a tremendous source of fascination to me. and i do see that sense of tedium going back to your first point, when i'm in school, and one of the things i've really enjoyed in the past few years is making many more school visits, particularly in the last year and a half i have been visiting some of the great schools around the country via skype. it's wonderful. i go into rural alabama or north dakota or pennsylvania,...
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it became the harry potter of the late 18th century. [laughter] and it helped to ignite the american revolution. well, starting in the last third of the 20th century, television displays to the printing presses the main way we communicate and how democracy. it had a profound impact. it is not a 2-way conversation. the printing press, you can get what you want to know and then you can contribute your own ideas. with television you talk back to the tv screen, but it does not hear you. you are calling in on that c-span show, that is one of the exceptions. my point is, mostly it is a 1-way flow of information, and it is mostly sponsored by a large advertisers, but they are increasingly sponsoring political ideas as well. when they show those ads on tv you think they're trying to convince you to say to your spouse or partner, i'm going to go down to the store and buy as some cold? no. they're trying to convince you to adopt their political point of view. but what happens when thomas paine today with revolutionary ideas that can make everythi
it became the harry potter of the late 18th century. [laughter] and it helped to ignite the american revolution. well, starting in the last third of the 20th century, television displays to the printing presses the main way we communicate and how democracy. it had a profound impact. it is not a 2-way conversation. the printing press, you can get what you want to know and then you can contribute your own ideas. with television you talk back to the tv screen, but it does not hear you. you are...
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when i was in school had to give this prize for reading to some and i had read harry potter but i never heard outlaw and his ist in front of those school that give a character was -- [laughing] and i managed at that point from doing it again and shall right now. i think. >> we can do an aggression on the lack of classics education and great names in particular. >> that would be even worse. another time. >> one of the things the sec is concerned about is the integrity of our supply chain. if these networks become ever more complex they rely on equipment and products that come from companies that may be located abroad. that's why last year i proposed borrowing use of federal funds to come from sec funding spent on equipment or services that come from a company or from a country that have determined by the united states, to post a national security threat. we are evaluating in addition to government general speaking has addressed concern that certain companies that may be subjected to intelligence requirements domestically in terms of, for example, national intelligence law that in china r
when i was in school had to give this prize for reading to some and i had read harry potter but i never heard outlaw and his ist in front of those school that give a character was -- [laughing] and i managed at that point from doing it again and shall right now. i think. >> we can do an aggression on the lack of classics education and great names in particular. >> that would be even worse. another time. >> one of the things the sec is concerned about is the integrity of our...
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and these kids, and inspired principle, he understands this and i think he got this from harry potter and invited them to different academies and they compete with one another. so if you participate in sports and if you do poorly, then you have to explain to your team, what you can do and the kids react so well and they have such high expectations and great role models with teachers and principals and i think that schools are great, but i'm sorry to say that the aclu is on a campaign to shut down single-sex education in the private sector and they don't even like it in the public sector, they don't even like it better. they call it gender segregation in may compared to racial segregation, but that is absurd. first of all, when you racially segregate the kids in schools, it is demeaning and it harms the children that were segregated and the whole society and it was toxic. you are not denigrating anybody, kids are flourishing in some of the schools. and it's not a form of discrimination but enhancement, enhancement to their lives. so i have had some debates recently with opponents and i
and these kids, and inspired principle, he understands this and i think he got this from harry potter and invited them to different academies and they compete with one another. so if you participate in sports and if you do poorly, then you have to explain to your team, what you can do and the kids react so well and they have such high expectations and great role models with teachers and principals and i think that schools are great, but i'm sorry to say that the aclu is on a campaign to shut...
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it would be really nice if we had something like a dark mark from harry potter told us when our networks are insecure and that in all of the data on the screen you are owned. but we don't have any of this stuff and it's hard to try to enforce our rights in cyberspace. so this is where we come to the rescue. when we think of cyberspace and the rights claims and enforcing our claims of justice and making sure that we can protect the data and different types of things, he tells us a couple of things. one, he says that the state needs to have the monopoly in order to protect our rights. to do this you have jurisdictions and borders and everything is great but in cyberspace we don't have the monopoly and jurisdiction is a problem so then he says while when that is a problem or do you do, you go and actually fight with other states and that's how you prosecute your rights when you don't have the jurisdictional claims that you need. you go to your army and/or navy. and it's completely insecure and it's not a good bet so then you need to create a free federation state for the defense of communit
it would be really nice if we had something like a dark mark from harry potter told us when our networks are insecure and that in all of the data on the screen you are owned. but we don't have any of this stuff and it's hard to try to enforce our rights in cyberspace. so this is where we come to the rescue. when we think of cyberspace and the rights claims and enforcing our claims of justice and making sure that we can protect the data and different types of things, he tells us a couple of...